Imogen North Yoga

35°C. Outside. Practising yoga with a mop as my prop.

Not quite what Shakespeare had in mind, perhaps… but then again, maybe exactly what he meant. 🧐

In Love’s Labour’s Lost, he writes:
“Light seeking light doth light beguile light.”

What was he getting at?

The scholars in the play are so devoted to studying, learning, and becoming wiser that they lose touch with life itself. In seeking enlightenment, they blind themselves to the very light they’re looking for. Too much striving, too much seriousness, too much effort to improve.

🥸 Obsessive study can literally strain the eyes. 👀

Metaphorically, it can do the same thing to the soul. 🫶

How often do we convince ourselves that wisdom lives in the next book, the next training, the next achievement, the next perfect place? How often does our search for growth rob us of the lightness we’re seeking?

Are you chasing enlightenment?

Can you allow joy to be the practice?

Can you stop taking yourself quite so seriously?

Can you meet this moment with awe and wonder?

Can you put down the weight of needing things to be different?

Can you loosen your grip on the fruits of your efforts?

Today, in the heat, balancing with a mop and laughing at the absurdity of it all, I was reminded:

Perhaps wisdom isn’t something we arrive at.

Perhaps it’s what remains when we stop striving long enough to notice the light already here.

May we seek wisdom without losing the wonder.

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Solstice Blessings Friends…. ✨
Kenny and I are drinking in the light and all that it transforms.
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Keeping it frivolous…
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How far can you throw your beams?
Even if they are small… the light reach farther than you know.
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May this Midsummer bring brightness to your path, gratitude for what is flourishing, and hope for the days ahead.

READY. STEADY. GROW. 🌱

One of the greatest gifts of retreat is discovering that growth doesn’t happen alone.

In the forest, trees are connected through vast underground networks, sharing nutrients, support, and information. What appears to be an individual tree is actually part of a thriving ecosystem.

We are not so different.

Over these days together, we softened our edges. We became more flexible. We listened deeply. We called upon Saraswati, the flow of creativity and wisdom, and awakened the Green Dragon within… the part of us willing to transform inspiration into action, vision into substance.

But perhaps the most powerful lesson is this:

You don’t have to grow alone.

Sometimes the bravest thing we can do is allow ourselves to be seen in our becoming.

To let others witness our dreams.

To receive encouragement.

To lean into community when our roots need strengthening.

Growth isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s subtle. A new insight. A different perspective. A quiet commitment to yourself.

Like a seed beneath the soil, much of what is transforming may not yet be visible.

Trust it.

The tapestry of you is still being woven.

And just as every thread strengthens the whole, every person who walks beside us becomes part of our journey.

✨ What intention, dream, or seed are you ready to nurture as you move forward?

✨ Want to join us in Lithuania next year? Link to register interest in my bio 👆

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🧘‍♀️ Such a privilege to spend the day studying with Donna Farhi today in London. She’s has been one of my “girl crush” teachers for many years. What an incredible human.

We explored human development and movement patterning - particularly through the psoas, lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine, the impact of the hyoid bone, and the nuance required to help people move towards tension-free upper backs and necks. Such a complex challenge in the modern world, when so many of us spend our lives folded over phones and laptops.

One of my biggest takeaways was that the spine doesn’t simply need passive extension. Passive extension may temporarily release tension, but it doesn’t necessarily resolve it. The upper back also needs strength - especially through the thoracic region - because if that area isn’t truly supporting us, the tension simply returns.

So much of the work is about strengthening the shoulders and upper back while also creating strategic length and passive extension through the thoracic and cervical spine. Learning how to release and elongate without continuing to over-mobilise the places already carrying too much movement - particularly the lumbar spine.

As a teacher, it also made me reflect deeply on sequencing. Rather than always beginning with sun salutations and repetitive sagittal-plane movement that can reinforce flexion and extension patterns in already mobile areas, there’s so much value in exploring the transverse and horizontal planes first - creating space, awareness and support before asking the body to move more deeply.

And perhaps the most beautiful reminder of all: whenever we hold rigidity in the body, we inhibit the flow of breath, prana, chi, ki … whatever language resonates most. Even in stronger asana, there has to be yielding. Whether in Warrior I or a restorative cervical extension, we have to learn how to soften while we strengthen.

A day full of nuance, curiosity and reminders that intelligent movement is never just about stretching more … it’s about supporting the body to move and breathe with greater ease. ✨

Three powerful charms around my neck to infuse the start of the YTT this weekend with love. What is the power of 3 all about?

Trika 🕉️ the “threefold” heart of Kashmir Shaivism
teaches that all existence is a sacred union of:✨ Śiva (pure consciousness) ✨ Śakti (divine creative energy) ✨ Aṇu (the individual soul)

Its wisdom reminds us that we are not separate from the Divine… we are expressions of it.

At the core of Trika is Pratyabhijñā… the path of “re-cognition”: not becoming something new, but remembering who we truly are. 💫

Through the triads of:🔺 Will (Icchā)🔺 Knowledge (Jñāna)🔺 Action (Kriyā)

Trika shows that ‘enlightenment’ is not found by escaping life, but by fully awakening within it.

No renunciation…Trika is embodiment…. the body, emotions, senses, and everyday experience become gateways to consciousness itself. The world is not an illusion to reject, but Śiva’s divine play (līlā) to recognise and celebrate. 🌺

In the vision of Trika:🕉️ Everything is Consciousness.🕉️ Everything is Sacred.🕉️ Everything is Śiva.

We spoke a lot about COMMUNITY last week in Italy, and something that stayed with me is how many people shared the same feeling:

They go to class…They don’t speak to anyone…And then they leave.

No connection. No sense of belonging. Just movement in a room full of strangers.

Community isn’t built through aesthetics. Not through perfect studios, branding, or the latest equipment.

It’s cultivated through something much deeper.

Traditionally, these practices were never meant to exist in isolation. They lived within community … spaces guided by those who had committed themselves to a genuine spiritual discipline. Not “masters” in the hierarchical sense, but individuals who had devoted themselves to mastering their own inner world.

And importantly — these weren’t exclusive, unreachable paths.

Ta***ic practitioners were not removed from everyday life. They were householders. People with jobs, families, responsibilities - just like us.

They gathered in kula - communities that dissolved divisions of caste, class, and gender. Spaces rooted in inclusivity, shared practice, and a life-affirming path.

This is where real community lives.

Not in exclusivity. Not in performance. But in spaces that welcome all beings.

Spaces where it doesn’t matter: how much money you have, what you look like, or how your body moves.

Spaces where people feel seen, held, and connected.

Because without that - without teacher, practice, and community - something essential is missing.

If we want community to thrive again, we have to return to this: creating spaces where everyone belongs.

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Śāmbhava Upāya ✨

After almost 3 decades of spiritual practice, I can feel this quiet readiness living within me — not as something achieved, but as something revealed. 🔱

Śāmbhava Upāya is not about doing more. It is about being available… resting in icchā (will), in pure awareness, in the pause between breaths where Śiva is known directly. It is a direct path in Shaivism representing a support-less state of effortless awareness.

My mornings on retreat begin like this… 🧘‍♀️
a gentle preparation of space,
then a preparation of self.

Clearing, aligning, softening … not to “teach,” but to arrive.
To prepare my presence so that it can meet my students fully, openly, and without separation.

It is my deepest intention not to give something to my students, but to help awaken this same readiness within them
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this natural state of recognition that has always been theirs.
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From effort… to ease.
From seeking… to seeing.
From practice… to presence.

॥ Śivaḥ kevalo’ham ॥

✨ NOW ACCEPTING WELLHUB ✨

Weekly Yoga Classes are BACK from tomorrow 🧘‍♀️💫

Our Spring Term runs from Monday 13th April – Sunday 24th May across Harpenden & Redbourn, with a full schedule of morning and evening classes to suit you.

Whether you’re returning to your mat or joining for the first time, there’s a space for you 🌿

🗓 Weekly Schedule:
Monday 6.30pm – Southdown
Tuesday 6.30pm – Redbourn
Wednesday 8.45am & 7.30pm – Harpenden / Southdown
Friday 12pm – Harpenden
Saturday 8.30am – Harpenden
Sunday 8.30am – Harpenden

💫 Pricing Options:
• All Class Pass – £3.50/class (unlimited access within the term)
• Flexi Class Pack – £13/class (flexible within the half term block)
• Drop In – £16/class

DM to book your space or follow the link in the bio 👌
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☀️ Outdoor Yoga Tomorrow – Everyone Welcome! ☀️

Join us tomorrow for a beautiful outdoor yoga session with the 🌿🧘‍♀️ 12pm in the garden!

The sun is set to shine, making it the perfect opportunity to move, breathe, and connect in nature. Whether you’re a complete beginner or a seasoned yogi, this class is open to everyone—just bring yourself and a mat.

There’s something truly special about coming together as a community. Studies show that spending time with others and feeling connected can have a powerful positive impact on mental health - reducing stress, boosting mood, and helping us feel more grounded.

So why not break up your day with fresh air, gentle movement, and great company?

✨ All levels welcome
✨ Friendly, relaxed atmosphere
✨ A chance to reset, recharge, and reconnect

Come along, bring a friend, and soak up the sunshine with us 💛

Members FREE
Non-members £10 cash